How can Quality be Assured?

Autor: Michael Hubbard, Peter Lewa, Marisol Smith, Gideon Onumah, Andrew Shepherd, Renu Kohli, Frank Ellis
Rok vydání: 2003
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Zdroj: Developing Agricultural Trade ISBN: 9781349408610
Popis: Traditionally the public role in quality assurance for agricultural produce has been considered high compared to other goods because: external effects of agricultural produce and food processing can be great: the public is especially concerned about diseases (e.g. salmonella, e-coli, BSE) and cancer-related substances (carcinogens) carried in food and feed. These require standards, enforced by inspection and sometimes by licensing in the case of premises (food processing, restaurants). Public regulation against infectious diseases (e.g. in water, animals, plants, seeds, feeds, food) is present in most countries, with enforcement by government agencies, central or local, and varying greatly in effectiveness. reputation effects are limited for agricultural produce: agricultural produce is in many cases a commodity produced by numerous farms, rather than a unique product of a recognised firm. Reputation effects are stronger where the product is clearly identified with the seller (branded goods, goods immediately consumed, e.g. restaurant food) and where quality attributes are visible (‘transparency’). Neither has applied strongly to unprocessed agricultural produce.
Databáze: OpenAIRE